Biomarker proxy shows potential for studying the entire Quaternary Arctic sea ice history

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-102

  Stein, Ruediger ^a   Fahl, Kirsten ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SEA ICE; BIOMARKER RECORDS; DATA SUPPORT; FRAM STRAIT; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHLY BRANCHED ISOPRENOID; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; OPEN WATER; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; SEA-ICE COVER; STUDY AREAS; YERMAK PLATEAUX;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

SEA ICE;

BIOMARKER; DATA SET; ISOPRENOID; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; RESOLUTION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; YERMAK PLATEAU;

EID: 84872413221     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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